Tag: Java

  • Creative Pact Day 2: CatFishTron

    Today I’m going to create more of a “game,” eventually called CatFishTron.  No, really.  I’ll be learning how to add sound to a game, a moving background, and maybe, if I have time, add some self-removing sprites (for explosions, etc!) First task – to make a sprite “blow-up” in AndEngine you use a SequenceModifier and…

  • Creative Pact Day 1: AndEngine Physics pt 1

    For Creative Pact 2010 I’m going to be teaching myself how to make a game using the open source AndEngine for Android mobile devices.  apparently, Android apps are the next goldrush, the biggest thing since skinny jeans, and I never got a pair of skinny jeans so I might as well jump in the deep…

  • Openlab4 – A Night of Free Everything

    Nov. 25, 2007 Here in the European heart of global finance that is London, there are no shortage of closed, corporate-sponsored, invite-only events promoting proprietary products with secret formulas and patented ideas. A refreshing break from this trend is the perennial [tag]Openlab[/tag] series of events, now in its fourth incarnation. Openlab is a loose collective…